Kona Cadabra 2010 weight doubts

Hi all,

I was wondering if anyone of you ever weighed a Kona Cadabra 2010 (18"). I got my doubts about its weight, in the store I bought it, it weighed 13.6kg with some crappy flat pedals.

In the meantime I upgraded the brakes to Avid Elixir 9s, which are considerably ligher than the stock Deore M575 brakes. I also replaced the rotors with HS1 180mm Avid rotors. Then I also put some light flat pedals on it, Nukeproof Electrons, which are lighter than the pedals they put on it in the store for me, so I could make a short testride.

Then I borrowed my friend's weighing scale (a fish weighing scale, seems to be a pretty decent one), and when I weighed it, it showed me 14kg. So now I still don't know the weight. I know weight is just a number and a good physical condition is more important than a few grams less, yet I'd still would like to say below 14kg when I replace the seatpost by a dropper seatpost, which really should be on a Cadabra imo.

My question, can anyone give me more clarity about the weight? According Kona, the out of the box weight for the 2010 Cadabra is 29.5lbs.

I have only ever weighed my 2011 Abra Cadabra by subtracting my body weight from the bathroom scale. Not very precise, but I put it at around 28lbs. So around 30lbs for the Cadabra sounds about right. Test the fish scale if you can by weighing a 15lb or 20lb barbell, since the weight of those is usually pretty accurate.